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Sawfly Larvae

The best way to tell sawfly larvae from moths and butterfly caterpillars, is sawflies have more legs and their heads usually look a little different.
Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.
Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.		 Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.
Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.		 Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.
Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.		 Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.
Pamphiliidae - Acantholyda sp.
Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis
Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis		 Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis
Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis		 Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis
Birch Sawfly - Arge pectoralis		 Arge quidia
Arge quidia
Elm Argid Sawfly - Arge scapularis
Elm Argid Sawfly - Arge scapularis		 Elm Argid Sawfly - Arge scapularis
Elm Argid Sawfly - Arge scapularis		 Arge sp.
Arge sp.		 Arge sp.
Arge sp.
Arge sp.
Arge sp.		 Arge sp.
Arge sp.		 Hibiscus Sawfly (larva) - Atomacera decepta
Hibiscus Sawfly (larva) - Atomacera decepta		 Elm Sawfly larva - Cimbex americana
Elm Sawfly larva - Cimbex americana
Heterarthrinae - Caliroa sp.
Heterarthrinae - Caliroa sp.		 Nematinae - Craesus castaneae
Nematinae - Craesus castaneae		 Nematinae - Craesus castaneae
Nematinae - Craesus castaneae		 Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus		 Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus		 Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus		 Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dusky Birch Sawfly - Craesus latitarsus
Dimorphopteryx melanognathus
Dimorphopteryx melanognathus		 Dimorphopteryx melanognathus
Dimorphopteryx melanognathus		 Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.		 Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.		 Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.		 Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - Diprion similis
Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - Diprion similis		 Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - Diprion similis
Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - Diprion similis
Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis
Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis		 Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis
Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis		 Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis
Butternut Woolly Worm - Eriocampa juglandis		 European Spruce Sawfly - Gilpinia hercyniae
European Spruce Sawfly - Gilpinia hercyniae
European Spruce Sawfly - Gilpinia hercyniae
European Spruce Sawfly - Gilpinia hercyniae		 Striped Alder Sawfly - Hemichroa crocea
Striped Alder Sawfly - Hemichroa crocea		 Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus		 Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus		 Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus		 Macremphytus tarsatus
Macremphytus tarsatus		 Macremphytus testaceus
Macremphytus testaceus
Macremphytus testaceus
Macremphytus testaceus		 Macrophya sp.
Macrophya sp.		 Macrophya sp.
Macrophya sp.		 Nematus calais
Nematus calais
Nematus limbatus?
Nematus limbatus?		 Nematus limbatus?
Nematus limbatus?		 Nematus salicisodoratus
Nematus salicisodoratus		 Nematus ventralis
Nematus ventralis
Nematus sp.
Nematus sp.		 Red-headed Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei
Red-headed Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei		 Red-headed Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei
Red-headed Pine Sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei		 Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata
Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata
Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata
Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata		 Periclista sp.
Periclista sp.		 Periclista sp.
Periclista sp.		 Blennocampinae - Periclista sp.
Blennocampinae - Periclista sp.
Periclista sp.
Periclista sp.		 Pontania sp.
Pontania sp.		 Nematinae - Priophorus brullei
Nematinae - Priophorus brullei		 Symphyta sp.
Symphyta sp.
Symphyta sp.
Symphyta sp.		 Nematinae - Trichiocampus viminalis
Nematinae - Trichiocampus viminalis		 Trichiosoma triangulum
Trichiosoma triangulum		 Trichiosoma triangulum
Trichiosoma triangulum
Trichiosoma triangulum
Trichiosoma triangulum		 Cimbicid Sawfly - Zaraea sp.
Cimbicid Sawfly - Zaraea sp.		 Cimbicid Sawfly - Cimbicidae
Cimbicid Sawfly - Cimbicidae		 Cimbicidae Sawfly larva
Cimbicidae Sawfly larva
Selandrinae
Selandrinae		 Selandrinae
Selandrinae		 Tenthredininae
Tenthredininae		 Tenthredininae
Tenthredininae
Sawfly Larva
Sawfly Larva		 Sawfly larva
Sawfly larva		 IMG_5517.JPG
IMG_5517.JPG		 IMG_6634.JPG
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IMG_9604.JPG		 IMG_8775.JPG
IMG_8775.JPG		 IMG_9784.JPG
IMG_9784.JPG		 IMG_9778.JPG
IMG_9778.JPG
IMG_9743.JPG
IMG_9743.JPG		 IMG_1033.JPG
IMG_1033.JPG		 IMG_1035.JPG
IMG_1035.JPG		 Sawfly larva
Sawfly larva
IMG_1640.JPG
IMG_1640.JPG		 sawfly larva
sawfly larva		 Sawfly larva
Sawfly larva		 Sawfly larva
Sawfly larva
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IMG_7598.JPG		 IMG_7601.JPG
IMG_7601.JPG		 IMG_7604.JPG
IMG_7604.JPG		 IMG_1677.JPG
IMG_1677.JPG
IMG_3554.JPG
IMG_3554.JPG		 IMG_3555.JPG
IMG_3555.JPG		 IMG_3703.JPG
IMG_3703.JPG		 IMG_3750.JPG
IMG_3750.JPG
IMG_3762.JPG
IMG_3762.JPG		 IMG_3861.JPG
IMG_3861.JPG		 IMG_3874.JPG
IMG_3874.JPG		 IMG_5150.JPG
IMG_5150.JPG
IMG_5152.JPG
IMG_5152.JPG		 IMG_7643.JPG
IMG_7643.JPG		 IMG_8029.JPG
IMG_8029.JPG		 IMG_8227.JPG
IMG_8227.JPG
Tenthredinidae
Tenthredinidae		 sawfly
sawfly		 IMG_0379.JPG
IMG_0379.JPG		 IMG_1564.JPG
IMG_1564.JPG
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IMG_2603.JPG		 IMG_2608.JPG
IMG_2608.JPG		 IMG_2610.JPG
IMG_2610.JPG		 IMG_2616.JPG
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IMG_2619.JPG		 IMG_2802.JPG
IMG_2802.JPG		 IMG_2853.JPG
IMG_2853.JPG		 IMG_2894.JPG
IMG_2894.JPG
IMG_2897.JPG
IMG_2897.JPG		 IMG_2899.JPG
IMG_2899.JPG		 IMG_2924.JPG
IMG_2924.JPG		 IMG_2930.JPG
IMG_2930.JPG
IMG_2932.JPG
IMG_2932.JPG		 IMG_3010.JPG
IMG_3010.JPG		 IMG_3016.JPG
IMG_3016.JPG		 IMG_3019.JPG
IMG_3019.JPG
IMG_3022.JPG
IMG_3022.JPG		 IMG_3025.JPG
IMG_3025.JPG		 IMG_3026.JPG
IMG_3026.JPG		 IMG_3183.JPG
IMG_3183.JPG
IMG_3184.JPG
IMG_3184.JPG		 IMG_4010.JPG
IMG_4010.JPG		 IMG_4011.JPG
IMG_4011.JPG		 IMG_4012.JPG
IMG_4012.JPG
IMG_2328.JPG
IMG_2328.JPG		 Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.		 Dimorphopteryx sp.
Dimorphopteryx sp.		 Caliroa sp.
Caliroa sp.
Caliroa sp.
Caliroa sp.		 Pontania sp. (galls)
Pontania sp. (galls)		 IMG_0928.JPG
IMG_0928.JPG		 Pontania sp.
Pontania sp.
IMG_7689.JPG
IMG_7689.JPG		 IMG_7691.JPG
IMG_7691.JPG		 IMG_7227.JPG
IMG_7227.JPG		 IMG_1703.JPG
IMG_1703.JPG
Dimorphopteryx virginicus
Dimorphopteryx virginicus		 Introduced Pine Sawfly - Diprion similis
Introduced Pine Sawfly - Diprion similis		 Argidae
Argidae 		Argidae
Argidae
Arge sp.
Arge sp.		 IMG_5446.JPG
IMG_5446.JPG

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larose forest photos02-Jul-2011 02:52
A very well presented and very useful gallery. Thank you for this. V
Bruce Saxton 24-Mar-2011 05:40
I have a picture of a probable Sawflie extracted from the contents of a fishes intestine in native scrubland in Koziousco area. I am hopeing to more accuratly identify it and find out a little about it.
Mike 12-Feb-2011 08:55
I encountered these recently. Do you think they're sawfly larvae?
mikepickard.posterous.com/caterpillars

Please reply by comenting on the post so that I see your response. Thankyou. :)
Guest 06-Feb-2011 12:31
Many of these do tend to look like the caterpillars of moths and butterflies. They are far more aggressive when meddled with than most lepidoterans though.
I also note that many have rather large eyes for a larva. The Australian "Spitfire" sawfly larvae look more like beetle larvae...no prolegs, a whitish, yellow body and orange head. I always thought that when disturbed, these larvae would rear up their heads and vomit up a ball of liquid stomach contents. But in some of your photos, I see that they also elevate their rear ends and excrete fecal matter too.
Guest 22-Apr-2010 13:31
I may have misspoke, the sawfly larvae on my mugos was probably the black headed pine sawfly. Still, any help to revive my Mugos would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
Guest 22-Apr-2010 13:28
I was recently given two huge Mugo pines that I transplanted in my yard. About a week after, both were infested with what appears to have been the pamphillidae-ancantholyda sp. I think I've been able to control them, but in a matter of two days they had stripped numerous branches of all their needles. If anyone can offer help to restore my Mugos' health, please email me at michaeldernst@msn.com Thanks.
Guest 29-Jun-2009 00:39
Hi all, these photos are fantastic. I am about to start a PhD researching sawflies and the reasons behind the unusal larval grouping behaviour. The first step on my path is to find the darlings, the more different species the merrier. I would really appreciate if anyone who knows where they are or recently have been, would get in contact with me (wingedocelot@hotmail.com). Particularly somewhere close to melbourne would be wonderful. Thank you all for your time! Lisa.
Guest 25-May-2009 02:51
In our yard, we have mugo pines, and the sawfly larvae are a consistent problem from year to year, eating away at the needles. We have tried spraying, and picking manually, but recently tried a vacuum cleaner, a shop-vac, with the creavace tool, and it sucked them all off from the branches with no problem! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED as opposed to plucking them off manually.
Toby08-May-2009 20:16
nicely presented gallery.
aporn 22-Aug-2008 15:02
Aug 08
The dogwood sawfly did a job on my dogwood and my friends'! First time ever that I saw the bug. From Champaign, Illinois.

Itinerant gardener
Guest 16-Aug-2008 22:28
I live in Ontario. They destroy my loosestrife as well.
George 03-Sep-2007 19:50
I live in Maryland and am very curious to know what is the genus and species of image 6634? Each year they ravage our yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia ephemerum). Can you tell me anything about their natural history, especially how they over-winter? Thank you.
Peter Hollinger14-Aug-2006 13:26
Weird critters. They look so much like lepidopterans.
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